Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-14

q detective In the service OF Mo prisoner
offered Joel q brlbc not 10 recognize the
hey. Joel had before then openeo the Key
for the Governor, aud h informed on
Deuripa ana caused bis arrest.
ni the pleas mado 10 the 0oyernor for Cin-
vefius. aud so II IL unnecessary TO Reproduce
them here. None Of then altered the status
Of tho case materially. The ooFernor'
however, reptieved the prisoner until jan
nary IL, 1857.
Prfsoncr's statement
Cluverius made tho following statement
IN writing 10 The Governor. but untortu
Dately for hi %. none OF It's vital allegations
could be corroboratcd:
STATEMENT or MY MOVEMENTS IN RICH
MoxD DURIN0 THE DAY AND NIGHT OF
MARCH Is, 1883.
left the Davis House about O'Clock Ia
the morning aud went on Main street; saw
Mr. II. L. Pollard, aud after about ave OF
ten minutet' talk with him went 70 MOT
geuStern's, on Broad street between F0urth
Hbo rim streets, 10 get preah iSei cst .lps
back 10 Ninth and Bank stToetsa llltle after
10 o'clock zee McGiuuis) ana went "a
bankrupt court Office; met gentleman
did not know, who tod me that the CLERK
was notln. | went then up 10 the state
Library Rs the most convenient pace 70 get
"A CITY Directory to Try IL cold nnd the
addresses OF two gentlemen (Wililam Neoi
and X W. Baker,, who rad an iuteres. ia
"a tract OF lend IN foy county that hr.
Bray wanted 20 buy, be thinking That tney
lived here. Coming ont on the steps ~ the
capitol, got In casual conversation win
one OF the guards. who told me ~ GOV
einor CsmeIOn's losing a horse snCft tlme
before. &c.-this about IL O'Clock Went
from there 10 Grigg's shoe store, on Eighth
and Main streets. to get n pair 0fshoesfor my
aunt Geo Henly); carried the shoes 10 my
room 1T the Davis Hon o-got there about
ll:S0-went TO my room; put tue shoes ntny
sstchel; after came 10 the reading'rJom
stayed there awbile-wrote cheek on the
Planters NahOnsl Bank for 50 (the amount
OF my bill ut the Davis ROuGe); left aoout
~ oclock--went TO the bank aud got tue
money (see Spencer and al, went fron
there 10 the bankrupt court again; Ia IL
tine saw the porter WHO told me IN 70 toe
clerk was sick; that no had the Oflice-key,
bat knew nothing about the pape'S lsee
Mr. Pleasantly.
ment IN the post. office about 1915 or l2:30)
TO see could get a money q derto Aylett s,
VI. Had 10 wait for " o persons before me
10 get through; inen examined the BOOKS.
ana found Ayletts was not money. ORDER
office. AS was leaving the Office 10 tween
1880 and o'ciock) / met ana spOke 10 Mr..
Is. W Henly. l went from there 10 Lums-
den q sons, Jewellers, between hlgnth ana
Ninth streets on Main, 10 call Tor breast
hin / brought over for Mrs. Dr. j. n. Bland
and left there TO nave fixed q ming back
1 met a cuilege-mHte. A. B II 4rrisOn, At
IorDey at law, 2 bout O'Clock near the cor
n9r OF Eleventh and Meinsireets; vent TO.
gether into SChTn's corner Eleventh and
Main); had a glass OF mineral water aud q
smoke; stayed there nearly nall an hOur
or about taking over college days. a..
Parting there / went 10 'hresiaurant next
TO tie DtSDafch Office: there 1 met a MIR.
LipscOmb, OF King WilllamcOuuty, In com
paDy with Dr. whiting. Of West Point,
there got dinner; left there between 1880
ana 2 O'Clock; went TO Dime Museu N,
where | saw MIR. \. Z. Bagby. Left there
abOutb or 6kat the close OF the performance.
Nentup on seventh stTeet, above Br 1ad, 10
g barber shop FUSED 10 tie Oliver d RO0u-
kOn - got u shave. Coming BACK DOuSnJa
copy OF the state on street; came 10 DAVIS
House: went in the rCadlng-rOOm; read
that, also New York papers. there. Went
10 my room, brushed my hair &C. Came
down. got supper, and left there about
O'Clock. Went up 10 Ford Hotel 10 see II
Mr. Pollard WIS there. ] wanted 10 see MIN,
as ne Was looking after the same papers 10
the bankrupt cOurt that WAS. He was not
stopping there. / went 10 the 81 Cairo
Holel 10 find him, knowing that he had
stopped ri both Of these hotels while 10 the
Legs AZURE. Not finclng him. l went
around TO the Dime Museum; got there Of
ter the performance had commenced and
STAYED until the close, and as he was pass.
ing cut In the crowd saw Mr.. Bern9Td Hen
Is with another Young man. l spoke 10
Mr. Henly. hut did not shake hands. my
y
ing Of q little enid in the crowd.
j went fIOm there 10 MOrgenstern's; had
fIie6 Oy sleIs, &c; also, box OF iTled oSs efs
n&e0 up for lunch next morning. Game
back o the DAVIS House between ll:30 and
~ O'Clock: ate an apple with SIR. DAVIS; ;
paid my bill went 10 bed Was called efter
next morning: left tne motel for the depot
about Twenly.fiith aud Canal Streets
about G O'Clock: there met win CAPITA A.
Bagby, Dr. Whiting AID others, and left
tie plty with them q bOut O'CLOCK
This is ii statement OF my movements du-
ring tie day and night OF the l3tn of
March. 1888, with the peopo that ! saw.
am Vcilliug to stand on 10 10 time aud eter-
nifty, for, believing that at some day. h. II
tBlly or be IL late must stand before the
Judgment throne OF Almighty God, 1 can
soy that my hands are clean and my con-
science Is clear.
The main fact in this statement-viz
that he was 81 Mozart Hall on tue B'ght
IN qUestiOn-is what prisoner declared rom
the beginning.
Three members OF the jury signed the
petition for cOmmut atiOu,0 said that they
we've not aware that they could md yer.
diet for anything less than murder IN tne
fTst degree. ily reference TO the proceed
ibes IN the case IL was, ho|eVer. SHOWN thai
by The Cierk and by the Judge The jury mad
been fully Instructed as 10 the law.
NOTE OF TIE 14TH.
At Mrs. Tunstolls after the arrest WIS
made MIS- tuustgll spoke Of having re-
ceiyed a letter nom Lillian 10 was pro-
duced by MIS-. 1unstall at the trial and<s
IS follows. The theory OF the prosecution
was that Cluverius caused q is lettertO be
dated and mai C 20 that 10 wOuld appear
that Lillian was here alive the IAN. 50 That,
had the dead body remained In the water
one DAY longer. as might nave been expect
ed, this letter would have saved Cuveriuss
lie. II written for such purpose IL was "A
3. HarNar. sNsalN r.sfN
10 ddB. She arrived at Richmond on the
18Th:
My DeGr, Dear Aunt-It is the 2lst, ond
! have Just gotten yOur letter IheV nave
abused you and me for everything that IL
iDhuman, o. what terror my HE Is. q !!
how am stfuggIing-sjl juggling with my
poor weak ge.f-tO.nlght 10 keep my re-
solve. | have wepi until tears ara no rsllot'
and q! my sad suferlngs; bat nave Jesus
to look 10. lie suffered too even death, nj
the hands OF mercllesS iormentOrs, aud OF
course he knows my suffering. IL is my
pIayer tonight that the sun OF 'o.morrOw
NAV shine on me corpse. %! II suicide
were not SIN, how soon the lingerlngsplrk
OF my life would vanish; but | VIII watt
Gods own time. 1 know He Is Just, and
viii see that you and me, too. shall be
righted. 49,, -.
reckon, dear aunt. you only wrote thas 10
be seen; but then you must know atn not
changed, but the same Lille that was the
9th Of August when we parted al clifton.
Dear. Gear aunt, | will never change. | DO
not know where 10 direct this letter, as |
reckon you are IN Richmond ere THIS. But
TO think Of my school il almost Kills me. |
got Letter from dear Nolie tonight
Your ever devoted LILLE.
The Ola Man.
A few weeks ego IL tTanspired that on the
night OF the 18th March, 1855, (g) Mr.. w. ii.
Chiles, worthy mechanic OF ms city, met
young woman Oh Bank street, who asked
10 be shown 10 the American Hotel. he
escorted her 10 the parlor door. Tue
Woman's eEcTiption answers quite well
to Lillian, and, what is more, she
said that she knew the Curtlss on
er at Roanoke CITY. Roanoke Guy Is
where Lillian falsely registered from Janu'
airy g, 1855. Though the date as Temem-
beied by MIR. Chiles does not rt, and though
he is vastly unlike 1.-The Old mau descrOei
by Tyler, IL is nevertheless pTobabe that
he is tho man who came 10 the MOTEL Win
Lillian on the evening OF the 18Th.
THE MEssENGER-BOY.
This person was never produced 10 pub
but says that the boy was so young that ne
could or would remember nothing, and so
was never summoned 10 court.
Relatives and Counsel.
All that learning and energetic devotion
could accomplish Messrs. Crump, Evans
and Pollard did for the prisoner. II was
from no want OF skill; no lack OF effort on
their part that his cause failed
Willie Cluverius and Mrs. Tunstan have
showered upon the prisoner
wealth OF affection that could scarcely he
excelled, and which must have been dou'
bly, precious 20 the unhappy man, since,
III health, 1t was i'm possible for bis
ia. 1t